Friday September 12, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Glenn Borgmann, formerly with the Twins. drove in four runs with two singles and a homer to lead the White Sox to a 5-3 victory over his old club. Borgmann accounted for the initial tally with a single in the fourth inning and, after the Twins tied the score in the sixth, the catcher hit a two-run homer in the White Sox half of the inning. Borgmann's fourth RBI came on a single in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 5, Minnesota Twins 3

Game Played on Friday, September 12, 1980 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Twins 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 - 3 11 0 White Sox 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 x - 5 9 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG R. Jackson 1b 5 2 4 1 0 0 .263 Lemon cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .280 Castino 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .299 Squires 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .284 Landreaux cf 4 0 3 1 0 0 .283 Nordhagen rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .282 Smalley ss 3 0 1 1 1 0 .274 Baines rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Morales dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .315 L. Johnson dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .273 Rivera rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .228 Sutherland pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .257 Powell ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .262 Morrison 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .276 Mackanin 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Borgmann c 4 1 3 4 0 0 .231 Wilfong ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .247 Kuntz lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Edwards lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .246 Mullins 3b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .500 Sofield ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .255 Cruz ss 2 0 1 1 0 0 .241 Butera c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .301 Burns p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Adams ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Farmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Koosman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Corbett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 3 11 3 2 4 Totals 30 5 9 5 2 3 Time of Game: 2:38 Attendance: 10,161 Left on Base: Twins 8, White Sox 6 DP: Twins 0, White Sox 1 Doubles: Castino (16), R. Jackson (26), Mullins 2 (2) Home Runs: Borgmann (2) Stolen Bases: Landreaux (7) Caught Stealing: R. Jackson (6) Sacrifice Hits: Cruz (4), Lemon (4), Morrison (12) GIDP: Morales (9) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Koosman L(12-13) 7 7 4 4 2 3 1 30 4.39 Corbett 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 1.91 Totals 8 9 5 5 2 3 1 35 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Burns W(13-12) 7.1 8 2 2 2 2 0 31 2.81 Farmer SV(26) 1.2 3 1 1 0 2 0 7 3.29 Totals 9 11 3 3 2 4 0 38 Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Fred Spenn, 3B - Russ Goetz TWINS 1ST: R. Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); Castino doubled to right; Landreaux flied out to left; Smalley walked; Morales forced Smalley (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Lemon flied out to center; Squires flied out to left; Nordhagen grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, White Sox 0. TWINS 2ND: Rivera grounded out (third to first); Mackanin grounded out (third to first); Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: L. Johnson popped to shortstop; Morrison flied out to center; Borgmann flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, White Sox 0. TWINS 3RD: Butera grounded out (shortstop to first); R. Jackson singled to center; R. Jackson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop to first); Castino popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Kuntz struck out; Mullins doubled to right; Cruz grounded out (second to first) [Mullins to third]; Lemon flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, White Sox 0. TWINS 4TH: Landreaux singled to left; Smalley popped to first in foul territory; Morales flied out to right; Rivera flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Squires singled to right; Nordhagen grounded out (third to first) [Squires to second]; L. Johnson flied out to left; Morrison was walked intentionally; Borgmann singled to left [Squires scored, Morrison to second]; Kuntz grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, White Sox 1. TWINS 5TH: Mackanin popped to second; Edwards struck out; Butera grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Mullins walked; Cruz out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Mullins to second]; Lemon struck out; Squires flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, White Sox 1. TWINS 6TH: R. Jackson doubled to left; Castino grounded out (first unassisted) [R. Jackson to third]; Landreaux singled to left [R. Jackson scored]; Smalley flied out to center; Landreaux stole second; Morales walked; Rivera struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: Nordhagen singled to center; L. Johnson was called out on strikes; Morrison flied out to center; Borgmann homered [Nordhagen scored]; Kuntz flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 3. TWINS 7TH: Mackanin popped to shortstop; Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Butera popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 7TH: Mullins doubled to left; Cruz singled to center [Mullins scored, Cruz to second (on throw to home)]; Lemon out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Cruz to third]; Squires popped to third in foul territory; Nordhagen grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, White Sox 4. TWINS 8TH: BAINES REPLACED NORDHAGEN (PLAYING RF); R. Jackson singled to left; Castino flied out to left; Landreaux singled to center [R. Jackson to third]; Smalley singled to center [R. Jackson scored, Landreaux to second]; FARMER REPLACED BURNS (PITCHING); Morales grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Smalley out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 8TH: CORBETT REPLACED KOOSMAN (PITCHING); L. Johnson singled to shortstop; SUTHERLAND RAN FOR L. JOHNSON; Morrison out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Sutherland to second]; Borgmann singled to center [Sutherland scored]; Kuntz lined to left; Mullins grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, White Sox 5. TWINS 9TH: SUTHERLAND STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); POWELL BATTED FOR RIVERA; Powell singled to right; WILFONG BATTED FOR MACKANIN; Wilfong singled to third [Powell to second]; SOFIELD BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Sofield was called out on strikes; ADAMS BATTED FOR BUTERA; Adams forced Wilfong (first to shortstop) [Powell to third]; R. Jackson singled to center [Powell scored, Adams to second]; Castino was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, White Sox 5.

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